Charity is the opium of the privileged.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
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My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.
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An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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There is no story that is not true.
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If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know.
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